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Maunganui Bluff

I'm feeling good about today's effort. High tide before midday wasn't the best scenario as I left Bayly's beach this morning with dread at being pushed up on the soft sand. This is the view toward the bluff as I passed Omamari signal-2026-08-13-10-23-13-301 The sea seemed to go out very quickly after this and left me on hard sand for the remainder of the beach. Here's the bluff as I approach Aranga signal-2026-08-13-14-15-10-027 I gave myself a talking to at Aranga and convinced myself that I could scale the bluff today as well. No wind on top with a fantastic campsite. This is the view looking back where I'd come from signal-2026-08-13-16-50-25-627 And here is what I'm up against tomorrow signal-2026-08-13-16-59-41-615